The topic lensIssue · 4 divisions tagged · 9 parties active

Armed Forces Support.

TopicArmed Forces Support
Divisions tagged
4
This parliament
Parties active
9
≥1 vote tagged
Most on-whip
Conservative and Unionist Party
100% aligned
Recent activity
4
Most-recent divisions
§ 01Where the parties sit on armed forces support.4 divisions · this parliament

Each row is one party. The bar shows how its MPs voted relative to a neutral midpoint — to the right = on-side with the majority position, to the left = opposed. The percentage figure is the share of that party’s MPs who took the same side: higher = more whip-disciplined, closer to 50% = a freer vote.

PartyStance vs neutral midpointNet %Discipline
Labour PartyLab
-500% on-whip · 277 MPs
Conservative and Unionist PartyCon
+50100% on-whip · 95 MPs
Liberal DemocratsLD
+2575% on-whip · 59 MPs
Labour and Co-operative PartyInd
-500% on-whip · 29 MPs
IndependentInd
+656% on-whip · 7 MPs
Democratic Unionist PartyDUP
+50100% on-whip · 5 MPs
Green Party of England and WalesGrn
+2575% on-whip · 5 MPs
Reform UKRef
+50100% on-whip · 3 MPs

Source · Hansard · alignment is the share of party MPs who voted with the party majority on tagged divisions

§ 02Recent armed forces support divisions.last 4 · of 4 tagged
DateMotionAyeNoCarried
2 Jun 2026Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6
Aye: Support a statutory requirement to automatically transfer SEN plans for children of armed forces families when their parent is posted to a new base, removing bureaucratic obstacles that penalise service families. · No: Oppose legislating a rigid statutory fix, preferring the government's stated approach of practical cross-departmental improvements to SEN transfers rather than a new legal duty.
100371No
2 Jun 2026Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2
Aye: Support making SEN plan transfers mandatory for service families who move due to military postings, so children do not lose vital support when their parent is redeployed. · No: Oppose imposing a statutory requirement, preferring the government's existing cross-departmental work and voluntary mechanisms to address SEN portability for armed forces families.
173304No
2 Jun 2026Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5
Aye: Support inserting a provision into the Armed Forces Bill to address immigration or citizenship issues affecting service personnel and their families, placing an obligation directly in armed forces legislation · No: Oppose including immigration or citizenship provisions in this Bill, arguing responsibility lies with the Home Office and should be addressed through separate legislation or the armed forces covenant framework
171304No
2 Jun 2026Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13
Aye: Support requiring an independent review of single living accommodation standards for service personnel, on the grounds that decent housing is essential to military retention and welfare. · No: Oppose mandating an independent review, likely preferring existing internal surveys and government-led improvement programmes as sufficient oversight of service accommodation.
81299No

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§ 03MPs most aligned, by party.Top-3 most-on-whip per major party

By party, the MPs whose voting record on armed forces support is most closely tracking the party majority. A fuller “most active by speech volume + written questions” ranking is pending — needs per-issue speech aggregation.

LabLabour Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Barry GardinerBrent West0%
Stephen TimmsEast Ham0%
Clive EffordEltham and Chislehurst0%

ConConservative and Unionist Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
John WhittingdaleMaldon100%
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North Essex100%
Julian LewisNew Forest East100%

LDLiberal Democrats

MPConstituency% on-whip
Luke TaylorSutton and Cheam100%
Zöe FranklinGuildford100%
Ed DaveyKingston and Surbiton75%

IndLabour and Co-operative Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Gareth ThomasHarrow West0%
Meg HillierHackney South and Shoreditch0%
Chris EvansCaerphilly0%

IndIndependent

MPConstituency% on-whip
Alex EastonNorth Down100%
Patrick SpencerCentral Suffolk and North Ipswich100%
Shockat AdamLeicester South75%

DUPDemocratic Unionist Party

MPConstituency% on-whip
Gregory CampbellEast Londonderry100%
Sammy WilsonEast Antrim100%
Jim ShannonStrangford100%
§ 04Where armed forces support money lands.Council-service mapping pending
Pending — issue-to-service mapping

Mapping each Westminster issue to the equivalent council service bucket (so “Armed Forces Support” → the matching service line on council finance, with the ranked-spend table this section wants) is its own taxonomy job. Council service spend lives on the council pages today; cross-cut by issue here in a follow-on pass.

Sources, methods & last update
Issue taggingEach division is tagged to one or more issues by Claude classification, reviewed by topic admins.
VotingHansard division lists · Commons Votes API
AlignmentShare of party MPs voting with the party majority on tagged divisions
CohortThis parliament · 4 divisions